Yellowstone: The Music of Nature is an album by Mannheim Steamroller, released in 1989. The concept pays homage to nature and to Yellowstone National Park. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album in 1991.
The album is a compilation of older tracks from Chip Davis' Fresh Aire series and six new tracks consisting of fully orchestrated pieces from notable classical composers such as Claude Debussy, Antonio Vivaldi, Ottorino Respighi, and Ferde Grofé.
Track listing
Personnel Source: Chip Davis – Drums, Recorder, Conductor, Producer Jackson Berkey – Keyboards Neal Berntsen – Trumpet Peter Brusen – Bassoon Li-Kuo Chang – Viola (Principal) Catherine Brubaker, Craig Mumm, Daniel Strba, David Hildner, John Bartholomew, Martin Abrams, Patrick Brennan, Robert Swan, Roger Moulton – Viola Dale Clevenger – French Horn (Principal) Alice Render Clevenger, Daniel Gingrich, David Kappy, Norman Schweikert – French Horn Ron Cooley – Guitar Richard Graef – Flute (Principal) Caroline Pittman, Marie Moulton – Flute Joseph Guastafeste – Double Bass (Bass, Principal) Brad Opland, Collins Trier, Gregory Sarchet, Joseph Dibello, Stephen Lester – Double Bass (Bass) Barbara Haffner – Cello (Principal) Phil Blum, Leonard Chausow, Jonathan Pegis, Alan Rostoker, Judy Stone, Russell Powell, Gary Stucka, Felix Wurman – Cello Eric Hansen – Bass Guitar, Trumpet Stephen Hartman – Harp Ed Kocher – Trombone (Principal) Arthur Linsner, Charles Vernon – Trombone Burl Lane – Bassoon (Principal) Rex Martin – Tuba Robert Morgan – Oboe (Principal) Bob Jenkins, Ray Still, Sandy Rodgers – Oboe Louis J. Stout, Jr. – Orchestral Assistant George Vosburgh – Trumpet (Principal) Doug Waddell – Percussion (Principal) Joseph Pusateri, Patricia Dash, Russ Knutson – Percussion John Yeh – Clarinet (Principal) Lawrie Bloom, Stein Henrichsen – Clarinet Steven Shipps – Violin Arnold Roth – Violin I (Principal) Joseph Golan – Violin II (Principal) Blair Milton, David Taylor, Edgar Muenzer, Everett Zlatoff Mirsky, Florentina Ramniceanu, Fox Fehling, Jennie Wagner, Joyce Noh, Paul Phillips, Peter Labella, Ruben Gonzalez, Thomas Hall – Violin I Alison Dalton, David Myford, Gail Salvatori, Liba Shacht, Marlou Johnston, Mary Ann Mumm, Mihaela Ashkenasi, Otakar Sroubek, Ronald Satkiewicz, Susan Synnestvedt, Thomas Yang – Violin II
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